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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817452703321

Autore

Parkman Francis <1823-1893.>

Titolo

The Oregon Trail : adventures on the prairie in the 1840's / / by Francis Parkman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, : Narrative Press, 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)

Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - History - 19th century

West (U.S.) Description and travel

Oregon National Historic Trail

California National Historic Trail

West (U.S.) History To 1848

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- THE FRONTIER -- BREAKING THE ICE -- FORT LEAVENWORTH -- "JUMPING OFF" -- THE "BIG BLUE" -- THE PLATTE AND THE DESERT -- THE BUFFALO -- TAKING FRENCH LEAVE -- SCENES AT FORT LARAMIE -- THE WAR PARTIES -- SCENES AT THE CAMP -- ILL-LUCK -- HUNTING INDIANS -- THE OGILLALLAH VILLAGE -- THE HUNTING CAMP -- THE TRAPPERS -- THE BLACK HILLS -- A MOUNTAIN HUNT -- PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS -- THE LONELY JOURNEY -- THE PUEBLO AND BENT'S FORT -- TÊTE ROUGE, THE VOLUNTEER -- INDIAN ALARMS -- THE CHASE -- THE BUFFALO CAMP -- DOWN THE ARKANSAS -- THE SETTLEMENTS.